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\'\'(Nixon hesitates. Haldeman whispers \
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\\\'\\\'(Nixon hesitates. Haldeman whispers \\\"We should be going\\\" to him.)\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'You can\\\'t stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. Because it\\\'s not you, \\\'\\\'\\\'it\\\'s the system. [[InherentInTheSystem The system won\\\'t let you stop it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'There\\\'s... there\\\'s more at stake here than what you want, or what I want.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[AndThenWhat Then what\\\'s the point?]] [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What\\\'s the point of being President? You\\\'re powerless!]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'\\\'No.\\\'\\\'\\\' No, [[AuthorityInNameOnly I\\\'m not powerless]]. Because, because I understand the system, I believe I can, uh, I can control it. Maybe not control it totally, but tame it enough to make it do some good.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sounds like you\\\'re talking about a wild animal.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[DumbassHasAPoint Yeah, maybe I am.]]\\\'\\\'
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-> \\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She got it, Bob. 19-year-old college kid.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'What? Who?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She understood something it\\\'s taken me 25 years in politics to understand. [[TheMan The CIA, the Mafia, those Wall Street bastards...]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sir?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[InherentInTheSystem The Beast. 19-year-old kid. She called it a wild animal]].\\\'\\\'
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The thing is? In canon, the war was ended by people who were explicitly \\\'\\\'outside\\\'\\\' of the system. One SoleSurvivor of a dead people. Two \\\"barbarians\\\". A renegade daughter of a rich family. An exiled prince. (okay, Suki was essentially a National Guard commander, but outside of her hometown, she was a \\\'\\\'security guard.\\\'\\\') They waded in, tore the entire mess to pieces with youthful idealism, and rebuilt things the way that they thought things should be.
And Vathara forced them all to surrender to the system in order to end the war. The next century is likely to be \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than the previous one.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'You can\\\'t stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. Because it\\\'s not you, \\\'\\\'\\\'it\\\'s the system. [[InherentInTheSystem The system won\\\'t let you stop it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'There\\\'s... there\\\'s more at stake here than what you want, or what I want.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[AndThenWhat Then what\\\'s the point?]] [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What\\\'s the point of being President? You\\\'re powerless!]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'\\\'No.\\\'\\\'\\\' No, [[AuthorityInNameOnly I\\\'m not powerless]]. Because, because I understand the system, I believe I can, uh, I can control it. Maybe not control it totally, but tame it enough to make it do some good.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sounds like you\\\'re talking about a wild animal.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[DumbassHasAPoint Yeah, maybe I am.]]\\\'\\\'
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-> \\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She got it, Bob. 19-year-old college kid.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'What? Who?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She understood something it\\\'s taken me 25 years in politics to understand. [[TheMan The CIA, the Mafia, those Wall Street bastards...]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sir?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[InherentInTheSystem The Beast. 19-year-old kid. She called it a wild animal]].\\\'\\\'
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The thing is? In canon, the war was ended by people who were explicitly \\\'\\\'outside\\\'\\\' of the system. One SoleSurvivor of a dead people. Two \\\"barbarians\\\". A renegade daughter of a rich family. An exiled prince. (okay, Suki was essentially a National Guard commander, but outside of her hometown, she was a \\\'\\\'security guard.\\\'\\\') They waded in, tore the entire mess to pieces with youthful idealism, and rebuilt things the way that they thought things should be.
And Vathara forced them all to surrender to the system in order to end the war. The next century is likely to be \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than the previous one.
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\'\'(Nixon hesitates. Haldeman whispers \
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\\\'\\\'(Nixon hesitates. Haldeman whispers \\\"We should be going\\\" to him.)\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'You can\\\'t stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. Because it\\\'s not you, \\\'\\\'\\\'it\\\'s the system. [[InherentInTheSystem The system won\\\'t let you stop it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'There\\\'s... there\\\'s more at stake here than what you want, or what I want.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[AndThenWhat Then what\\\'s the point?]] [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What\\\'s the point of being President? You\\\'re powerless!]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'\\\'No.\\\'\\\'\\\' No, [[AuthorityInNameOnly I\\\'m not powerless]]. Because, because I understand the system, I believe I can, uh, I can control it. Maybe not control it totally, but tame it enough to make it do some good.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sounds like you\\\'re talking about a wild animal.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[DumbassHasAPoint Yeah, maybe I am.]]\\\'\\\'
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-> \\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She got it, Bob. 19-year-old college kid.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'What? Who?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She understood something it\\\'s taken me 25 years in politics to understand. [[TheMan The CIA, the Mafia, those Wall Street bastards...]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sir?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[InherentInTheSystem The Beast. 19-year-old kid. She called it a wild animal]].\\\'\\\'
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The thing is? In canon, the war was ended by people who were explicitly \\\'\\\'outside\\\'\\\' of the system. One SoleSurvivor of a dead people. Two \\\"barbarians\\\". A renegade daughter of a rich family. An exiled prince. (okay, Suki was essentially a National Guard commander, but outside of her hometown, she was a \\\'\\\'security guard.\\\'\\\') They waded in, tore the entire mess to pieces with youthful idealism, and rebuilt things they way that what they thought things should be.
And Vathara forced them all to surrender to the system in order to end the war. The next century is likely to be \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than the previous one.
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'You can\\\'t stop it, can you? Even if you wanted to. Because it\\\'s not you, \\\'\\\'\\\'it\\\'s the system. [[InherentInTheSystem The system won\\\'t let you stop it]].\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'There\\\'s... there\\\'s more at stake here than what you want, or what I want.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[AndThenWhat Then what\\\'s the point?]] [[ArmorPiercingQuestion What\\\'s the point of being President? You\\\'re powerless!]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'\\\'No.\\\'\\\'\\\' No, [[AuthorityInNameOnly I\\\'m not powerless]]. Because, because I understand the system, I believe I can, uh, I can control it. Maybe not control it totally, but tame it enough to make it do some good.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Young Student:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sounds like you\\\'re talking about a wild animal.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[DumbassHasAPoint Yeah, maybe I am.]]\\\'\\\'
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-> \\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She got it, Bob. 19-year-old college kid.\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'What? Who?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'She understood something it\\\'s taken me 25 years in politics to understand. [[TheMan The CIA, the Mafia, those Wall Street bastards...]]\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'H. R. Haldeman:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'Sir?\\\'\\\'\\\\\\\\
\\\'\\\'\\\'Richard M. Nixon:\\\'\\\'\\\' \\\'\\\'[[InherentInTheSystem The Beast. 19-year-old kid. She called it a wild animal]].\\\'\\\'
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The thing is? In canon, the war was ended by people who were explicitly \\\'\\\'outside\\\'\\\' of the system. One SoleSurvivor of a dead people. Two \\\"barbarians\\\". A renegade daughter of a rich family. An exiled prince. (okay, Suki was essentially a National Guard commander, but outside of her hometown, she was a \\\'\\\'security guard.\\\'\\\') They waded in, tore the entire mess to pieces with youthful idealism, and rebuilt things they way that what they thought things should be.
And Vathara forced them all to surrender to the system in order to end the war. The next century is likely to be \\\'\\\'worse\\\'\\\' than the previous one.
